Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Haram
عبد الله بن عمرو بن حرام
A prominent chief of Banu Salima of the Khazraj, father of Jabir ibn Abdullah; he embraced Islam and took the Second Pledge of Aqaba where he was appointed a naqib; he fought at Badr and was the first Muslim martyred at the battle of Uhud, where the Prophet spoke of God speaking to him without a veil.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Notable
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Converts and those who leaveBattles
Place in the story
- Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · c. 622 CE · c. 1 BH†Tradition
- Companion · c. 622 CE · c. 1 BH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- The AnsarBanu Khazraj
- Participated in
- The Pledges of Aqaba
- Parent of
- Jabir ibn Abdullah
People and things also explored
The AnsarThe Pledges of Aqabaal-Abbas ibn Ubadaal-Bara ibn Ma'rurAs'ad ibn ZuraraNusayba bint Ka'b (Umm Umara)Ubada ibn al-SamitUsayd ibn Hudayr
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (Bewley translation, Ta-Ha)
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islam.museum contributors. “Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Haram”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdullah-ibn-amr-ibn-haram/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.